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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… centuries, many wellintentioned but not always beneficial measures. The port of Wisbech still remains a Corporation …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the education officer and the inspector of weights and measures all had their offices in Wisbech in the early days …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… From at least 1662 the town had its own weights and measures. The Corporation still possesses a brass pint …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the market were summoned for failing to enforce legal measures, and in 1717 and 1718 they were fined for refusing … at the market, and issued orders concerning weights, measures, and forestalling, 67 though in 1842 the clerks …